> On 28 May 2015, at 03:38, Johanneke Lamberink <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks for explaining! > > Using a Helvetica.ttf file I was able to solve the error about 8-bit code > points. Apparently the PDType1Font.HELVETICA does not include all > characters that are supported by Helvectica.
That's right, in PDF you're always accessing a font via an Encoding, which is typically smaller than the font itself and usually pre-dates Unicode. > The new line is now handled before calling showText(). Great! -- John > Johanneke Lamberink > > > > > > Op 28/5/15 01:05 schreef John Hewson <[email protected]>: > >> >>> On 27 May 2015, at 03:38, Johanneke Lamberink >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> The string with the U+000A (LF) is retrieved by calling >>> PDAnnotation.getContents(). >>> I expected to be able to use the String returned by that method in >>> PDPageContentStream.showText(), but apparently that is not the case. >>> >>> Thanks. >> >> If there¹s an appearance stream (AP) for the field then that will take >> precedence over the >> Contents. If there¹s not, then it¹s always possible that the Contents is >> using glyphs which >> are missing in the font. PDF doesn¹t understand newlines anyway, so an LF >> character in >> the text would need to be handled at some higher level than showText(). >> Indeed, LF is not >> even present in WinAnsiEncoding which is why you¹re seeing an error when >> using >> PDType1Font.HELVETICA. >> >> ‹ John >> >>> >>> Johanneke Lamberink >>> >>> Onior Group B.V. >>> Jan Pieterszoon Coenstraat 7 >>> 2595 WP Den Haag >>> The Netherlands >>> Office: +31 70 799 94 85 Mobile: + 31 6 23 76 76 45 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Op 27/5/15 12:28 schreef Andreas Lehmkühler <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>>> Johanneke Lamberink <[email protected]> hat am 27. Mai >>>>> 2015 >>>>> um >>>>> 10:52 geschrieben: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> When writing a given String to a PDF I am encountering the following >>>>> stacktraces in the logging: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No glyph for U+000A in >>>>> font >>>>> Helvetica >>>>> at >>>>> >>>>> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDType1Font.encode(PDType1Font.java:320) >>>>> at >>>>> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont.encode(PDFont.java:282) >>>>> at >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream.showText(PDPageContentStr >>>>> ea >>>>> m.java:358) >>>>> >>>>> and: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: This font type only >>>>> supports >>>>> 8-bit code points >>>>> at >>>>> >>>>> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDType1Font.encode(PDType1Font.java:311) >>>>> at >>>>> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont.encode(PDFont.java:282) >>>>> at >>>>> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont.getStringWidth(PDFont.java:311) >>>>> >>>>> I am not sure if this is a problem in my choice of font, my use of the >>>>> api, or >>>>> the encoding done by pdfbox. >>>>> >>>>> Can anyone explain to me what it is that is going wrong here? >>>> U+000A sounds like line feed. Does your string contain any newline >>>> characters >>>> like CR or LF? You have to remove those, as you have to manage line >>>> breaks >>>> yourself. >>>> >>>>> Thanks :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Johanneke Lamberink >>>> >>>> BR >>>> Andreas Lehmkühler >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
